MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	May 29 '18 at 15:11
Run Duration	429 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 224 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 631 62% 509 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 97.4 Reflection 107 Parallax 99.8 79% 102 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 94.1 74% 89.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3667 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 994 (B1) Unknown 97 97 48 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 105 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27869179229	105% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 395 Mixed 407 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 41.8 158% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 104 125% 219 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2299 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 991 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 49326 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.4% Very good	Read 125 Write 127 Mixed 109 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 84%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 930GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 12% Great: 43%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 3,958 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 58GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 136 Write 99.1 Mixed 112 143% 116 MB/s	4K Read 5.52 4K Write 3.21 4K Mixed 1.17 170% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 38%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 8GB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 22.8 Write 10.1 Mixed 16.3 19% 16.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.39 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 1.42 136% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 13%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 8GB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 22.9 Write 9.57 Mixed 14.7 18% 15.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.99 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 1.38 126% 3.01 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSE.16FAR 859B BLS8G4D240FSE.16FAR 859B BLS8G4D240FSE.16FAR 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 20.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 76%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	163x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	111x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	72x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	71x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	49x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $408

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16